‘Enroth was incredibly calm and played with great poise. His toughest saves turned out to be easy because he found pucks through traffic, or snatched them away from Rangers’ forwards before a play could develop. “He’s a cool customer,” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said. “He doesn’t get rattled. He doesn’t get too excited.”‘

‘"I couldn’t ask for better timing," said the Swedish netminder. "My parents [Erik and Eva] are actually here watching their first game over here, so it was a lot of fun and a very special night for me."’

‘"It’s been nice to get on the ice," Roy said. "Today it felt a lot better than the first few days where you just move around and see how it feels. Today I took a big step, started skating hard and got my heart rate up. The knee felt pretty good, not good in tight turns and starts and stops or anything. I haven’t tried that yet."’

‘"A good feeling for sure," Gragnani said. "I don’t think I realized right away I got an assist on the goal because I didn’t pass it. It went off me. Obviously it felt good and gave me a lot of confidence for the rest of the game."’

‘General manager Darcy Regier addressed the media prior to the 7 p.m. faceoff and said Miller is listed as day-to-day with an upper body injury. Regier would not comment on whether or not the injury was a concussion, but said the shot he took to the chin area Tuesday night from Toronto’s Dion Phaneuf “did play a role.”’

‘Without discussing the severity of the injury, general manager Darcy Regier provided the update shortly before the start of the game. Regier said there’s a possibility Miller could be back by the weekend, when the Sabres play at Washington on Saturday and Carolina on Sunday.’

‘The lone goal of the game was scored by Tim Connolly on a power play. Moments after New York came up empty on an odd-man rush, Connolly skated down the left wing and roofed a slap shot from the top of the faceoff circle at the 5:28 mark of the second period.’

‘You can also give the team’s defense credit for keeping the shot lanes open for Enroth to see everything tonight. As Brian just said on the postgame show, the biggest story of the day was the upper body injury to Ryan Miller, but Enroth can ease some of that tension with his performance tonight.’

‘Forward Jochen Hecht was absent from the Sabres’ bench for the second and third periods. Hecht left the game with an upper body injury. Hecht played 5:48 in the first period and registered his 17th assist of the year, which came with only 12 seconds remaining in the first period. He finished the period but did not return.’